[Larry J]

Out of town all last week but managed to get some time in on the Olds this past weekend. I got the drive shaft in and 3 of the 4 running board mounts on. Can't find one plastic spacer to complete the 4th - may have to make something. Upset my better half again - darn wire wheel makes a lot of fine rust dust and I failed to move her VW Turbo Convertible (with the roof down) out of the garage - guess where all of the dust landed - oops!

I did make it to the AACA meet in Topeka - met a lot of nice people and saw some wonderful old cars. I don't think mine will ever look that good.

Also drug a front sidemount fender out of the garage and took some pics - West thought that they may not be original to the car but all I can say is my wife's uncle swears they are. Tried to upload pic but the upload failed - I'll try to get the pics up later.

[Larry J]

Still can't get the sidemount pics to upload but here are a couple of the driveshaft installed and the running board mounts.

[Larry J]

OK last time - The sidemount files were too large so I put them in grayscale to reduce the size. I hope they are still viewable. Not much difference between the rust and grayscale anyway.

LJ

[Larry J]

OK - I admit the driveshaft and running board supports were not very impressive. Installed these sidemount supports tonight - woo hoo! Still looking for a transmission tailshaft seal - The folks a Fusik gave me a lead I will follow up on tomorrow. The transmission looks really good inside although pretty dirty. The engine and body guys are working on their pieces when they have downtime in the shop so things are moving slowly on those. Some of the body pieces I had fabricated don't fit too well and we are having to remake them. More dollars but its only money - right?

[Larry J]

I got a call from S.U.R.&R. today and they have finished the rebuild on my fuel tank sending unit despite its very poor condition. They said it was a challenge but now looks like new and are shipping it to me today. I will post before and after pics when I get it next week. Thanks for the tip Elmo39! I will try to get the tank installed this weekend but I have to block out 4 hours for the Oklahoma State game on Saturday. Yes, I am a glutton for disappointment -

On a more positive note I found another NOS u-joint for the transmission/driveshaft connection. Can't wait to get the engine back and in the chassis.

[Larry J]

I received my rebuilt fuel tank sending unit from S.U.R.&R. (still don't know what that stands for) and as promised here are before and after pics. They did a nice job on a unit in pretty poor condition. Easy to work with - not cheap but what are you gonna do?

And, my Cowboys didn't disappoint (although it was a pretty ugly win) - what could be better than that!

[Larry J]

I've been traveling on business a lot the last three weeks so not much going on - but I am piling up parts. Found some spares on ebay sitting in hotel rooms at night - the neighbors probably wonder about all the UPS and FedEx deliveries. :-) I did get the transmission back all cleaned up - pic attached and momma wants her car in the garage for the winter so I put the chassis on wheel dollies and moved it to the middle of the garage. Three vehicles in a two car garage is pretty tight - gotta watch those mirrors backing out for sure.

The body man called last week and after sandblasting discovered severe structural issues caused by rust inside at the base of the B pillars. That is going to have to be cut out with new pieces fabricated. I asked him to send pics but have not received them yet.

Probably won't be much big stuff done on my end as winter is coming on and the garage is unheated. I will spend time this winter working on things that can be done in the basement - maybe restoring the steering wheeel (I've been researching restoration kits) and rebuilding the starter, generator, and may working on the dash and gauges.

Next week though its pheasant hunting - I'm ready to go.....

[CutNChop]

Nice job on the Olds!!!

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